Jazz and Postwar French Identity : Improvising the Nation.
McGregor, Elizabeth Vihlen.
Jazz and Postwar French Identity : Improvising the Nation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Le Monde du jazz -- 2 The Gendered Jazz Public -- 3 The Question and Politics of Race -- 4 More than an American Music -- 5 Red, White, and Blue Notes: French Jazz -- 6 And What of Empire? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
In the decades following World War II, French jazz audiences engaged in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own nation and culture. By negotiating subjects such as youth culture, gender expectations, American consumer society, citizenship, racism, civil rights, and decolonization, the French jazz public expressed important beliefs about France's place in a fast-changing world and a desire to maintain a strong national identity in the face of globalization.
9781498528771
Jazz - Social aspects - France - History - 20th century.
Electronic books.
ML3917.F8 -- .M347 2016eb
781.65094409045
Jazz and Postwar French Identity : Improvising the Nation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Le Monde du jazz -- 2 The Gendered Jazz Public -- 3 The Question and Politics of Race -- 4 More than an American Music -- 5 Red, White, and Blue Notes: French Jazz -- 6 And What of Empire? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
In the decades following World War II, French jazz audiences engaged in a process that both challenged and reinforced ideas about their own nation and culture. By negotiating subjects such as youth culture, gender expectations, American consumer society, citizenship, racism, civil rights, and decolonization, the French jazz public expressed important beliefs about France's place in a fast-changing world and a desire to maintain a strong national identity in the face of globalization.
9781498528771
Jazz - Social aspects - France - History - 20th century.
Electronic books.
ML3917.F8 -- .M347 2016eb
781.65094409045